Claire Eugenia Grant

Claire Eugenia "Geni" GRANT, Master CFI
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Claire E Grant recently earned her Master CFI accreditation for the 5h time.Geni is the chief flight instructor and director of aviation flight technology at Bay City's Delta College.She is also an independent CFI at Saginaw's H. W. Browne Airport (HYX) and serves as a FAASTeam representative for the FAA's Detroit FSDO area.

Claire Grant recently renewed her Master Instructor designation.Geni works as an instructor at Delta College as well as Bay City's James Clements Airport (3CM).She was the 1998 Regional CFI of the Year and serves as an ASC for the Grand Rapids FSDO.

Claire Eugenia "Geni" GRANT, Master CFI
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Claire Grant recently renewed her Master CFI designation.Geni works as a flight instructor at Saginaw's H. W. Browne Airport (HYX) and Bay City's James Clement Airport (3CM).She is also director of aviation at Delta College and serves as an Aviation Safety Counselor for the Grand Rapids FSDO.

Claire Eugenia "Geni" GRANT, Master CFI
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Claire Grant recently renewed her Master CFI accreditation.Geni is the chief flight instructor and director of aviation flight technology at Bay City's Delta College.She is also an independent CFI at Saginaw's H. W. Browne Airport (HYX) and serves as an Aviation Safety Counselor for the FAA's Grand Rapids FSDO.

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) takes pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of Claire E Grant, an Aviation Safety Counselor for the Grand Rapids FSDO and a resident of Bay City, MI.Recently, Geni was designated a Master CFI (Certificated Flight Instructor) by NAFI, her professional aviation organization.

Claire Eugenia ("Geni") Grant, of Bay City, Michigan recently earned her Master Instructor designation.She teaches aviation at Delta College as well as Bay City's James Clements Airport.She was the 1998 Regional CFI of the Year and serves as an aviation safety counselor for the Grand Rapids FSDO.

Grant says, "I earned my Master CFI so I can be with people who share a love of people, flight, and the sky.This is my chance to become a better instructor for myself and my students and to increase my love of the world of flight."She shares her enthusiasm for flight training by adding, "To solo a student - to send someone out there alone and see them come back in such glory - is my personal victory as an instructor.That is what I do.It is my life, and my student's victory is what makes it all worthwhile.It is the stamp of approval for my efforts.It is simply the very best."

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Claire Grant recently renewed her Master CFI accreditation.Geni is the chief flight instructor and director of aviation flight technology at Bay City's Delta College.She is also an independent CFI at Saginaw's H. W. Browne Airport (HYX) and serves as an Aviation Safety Counselor for the FAA's Grand Rapids FSDO.

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) takes pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of Claire Eugenia Grant, director of aviation flight technology at Bay City's Delta College and a resident of Bay City, MI.Recently, Geni's Master CFI (Certificated Flight Instructor) designation was renewed by NAFI, her professional aviation education association.

Claire "Geni" Grant, Director of Delta's Aviation Flight Technology Program, has been a flight instructor for the College since 1994.According to Grant, two years of study, along with at least 40 hours of air time (30 with a flight instructor and ten hours solo) leads to an associate's degree.And, she said, many students transfer to four-year universities with aviation flight technology programs and earn bachelor's degrees.

"Airlines are looking for people with degrees," Grant explained."There is a lot of job potential out there for pilots, air traffic controllers, mechanics, airport managers and flight-related careers.The field is wide open."

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers earned an average of $129,880 annually in 2003. (Grant says she knows of pilots working for large commercial airlines who earn more than $300,000 a year.) Air traffic controllers earned an average of $93,240, while commercial pilots (piloting small fixed or rotary winged aircraft) earned an average of $57,950.

Delta's program is a "tough one," according to Grant, requiring general education classes along with classes specific to the program: ground training for private pilots, instrument pilots and commercial pilots; primary and advanced pilot flight training; and an introduction to meteorology and aviation meteorology.
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Currently, the program consists of 34 students, and Grant would like to see many more enrolled.She also would like to see more women enter the flight aviation technology field.Currently, only two of the 34 students in Delta's program are female.And, Grant is one of only a handful of female flight instructors in the business.

"Traditionally, flying has been a man's job," she said.
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And, Grant has had her success stories.She estimated that more than 500 students have learned to fly an airplane under her tutoring.